The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 4, 1916, Page 1

OUR PRESIDENT! VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., TU Wr Pra aa a Ps ia es PP PP a : GG 0 a9 A o o & BY CORNELIA GLASS HAT night Mischa and the younger brother stole from their father’s house and in two days they Bs N AMERICAN! were across the border and free One w s beneath Old Glory Those two days were fraught with horror. Their footsteps were dogged at ry turn. Dozens Behind him q f ancest who put tl ar that same flag of times they were fired upon, their escape seeming almost a miracle. Taunts were hissed them— His gre andfather fell H and his grandfather lies at Getty ‘Coward !"—"Deserter!"—but in their hearts they knew that courage lay in refusing to fight for a cause burg. His isa the Revolution and his mother is a Colonial that was a sin Dame They sailed from Antwerp for America, and in New York they found work to do In his ve w t 1 of the n tself; her freedom is his inherent They were allowed to go their way unmolested. What they said, what they did, and what they right thought was sacred to themsel ‘ bic ud of t ntry, of | untarnished lineage, and of his They found appreciation of their music? they found friendliness and home Ber ae pene PT agg Ge OSE PENT age CAT Fa ped In three years they sent for the father and mother they had left in Russia and shared their hap- They are flyi tars and Stripes from their windows and their sons and pineae with: tee ha taee aie 6 (6 daughters are sh firecrackers in the yard They are honoring the day when America was b ESTERDAY I found Mischa Guterson at the Clemmer theatre, where he is leader of his orchestra ° bd ° s ° ° " S of Russian musicians HIRTY years ago there was a liftle boy born in Russia. His father was Guter “Ave von'en Auietiedn cliden?’ 1 ceed hin son, Russian musician and subject to the czar . 4 His eyes flashed and he flung his head proudly back , He called his little son Mischa, and from the the tiny fingers could hold Cornelia Glass “AN AMERICAN CITIZEN? AH, MORE—A THOUSAND TIMES MORE THAN THAT!” a bow, he taught them to find melody in the HE CRIED. “WITH ALL THE LIFE AND HEART AND SOUL OF ME, I AM AN AMERI- As the lad grew, his passionate love of n vith Into his violin he wove all his CAN! loneliness and misery, and the oppression of From it took all of his joy and freedom “Forgive me, please, for saying it,” he went on slowly, “but I do not believe you who were born On every side he met restrictions was ree to speak, to move about when he would Americans can appreciate the richness of your heritage as we do, who were born somewhere else.” even his thoughts he scarcely dared allow to be his ow eS Ee Ses His grandfather di in a massacre in defense of hi me H « dimmed and his voice was deep with earnestness Ce # 638 tae Ss “IT have no forefathers who died for America, but I am an American. There is no Russia in N MISCHA’S heart there-was nothing but ee Alle ebuntiy “ilheas be seaside cheer me any more. If ever, so long as I shall live, my country needs me, I will gladly give my life for Twelve years ago he and his younger brother were called to arms to fight against Japan. her. Sabi etig. aie ie a oo ote fight si pe 1 Sy that I Node cad " eggs " ba be ht pho = that ae AY, as Mischa Guterson leads his orchestra, a tiny American flag gleams in his buttonhole. has crashed my life, upon another people t HE IS HONORING THE DAY WHEN AMERICA WAS BORN. The Seattle Sta WHO'LL BE THE NEXT ONE? IT WON'T BE DESPITE CARRANZA'S PEACEFUL NOTE, THE WILSON, NOR WILL IT BE HUGHES PON eet, WEATHER MAN REFUSED TO DO MORE T WE'RE GIVING YOU THE RIGHT DOPE. GET NE “UNSETTLED. PROBABLY SHOWERS TONIGHT AND READ ABOUT THE NEXT PRESIDENT—P AGE 7 AND WEDNESDAY,” HE GROWLED, AS HE PRESSED 9. SURAY THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS THE BUTTON LAST EDITION ON TAINS KEW! ®TAN DAY, 1916, JULY 4, ONE CENT TL LLLLLLLLLLLL VE AARARRARRARARRARR | ALLIES NOW CLAIM FIND BODY FIRST OF Pra a Pa a Fa Fa Pa Ps Pa a Pa Pa a PUBLICLY PERSHING (MEX NOTE POL Ale ' i [ j A T s | | | 4 By Ed L. Keen a) e | WASHINGTON, July 4.—Carranza’s reply to the United Press Staff Correspondent last American demands—a temperate document which, a :, a pc | vy YA M A . i, | y ly 4. it i i i 7 4 LONDON, July 4.—The Anglo-French forces The body of a murdered | BY BRYANT MacDOUGALL Mayor Hiram C. Gill, in an | EL PASO, July 4—Couriere | it is said, will avoid a break, reached the Mexican em- man, well dressed, and evident MOBILIZATION CAMP, ndependence day speech be- | arriving here from Gen. Per- t made further progress in their great offensive last night) ly, killed by a blow over the | american Lake, July 4—Holl- | fore several thousand people at | ghing's base at Colonia Dub- neate, ene : a a O17 | day crowds cheered and cried unty-city building, Tues | ian, believe the American ex- jose close to the Mexican ambassador said the — and now hold practically all the German second posi-! Lake Union, at the foot o ; day morning, welcomed many | af aut Aloha st. shortly after 9 a.m. | as they watched Washington's new foreign-born citizens and | pedition is to be withdrawn | note was written by Carranza himself and that it averted — tions on a ten-mile curving front from Montauban to oon ee hee “boys Pull down their brown, publicly denounced Superior from Mexico. possibilities of war between the two nations. c ~ ¢ a bone soir ange : | conic ents, marc udge A. rater for the la Two regiments, the Seventh * the village of Estrees, south of the Somme. at the county "morgue ody] troop trains and climb aboard | ter's laggardly methods of en. Sod tls Mic etveunaliy, aro The note came in during the night. It will be ‘ a has been in the water aS 80) for Calexico today forcing the dry law, declaring : i i The French war office announced today that the) gttomposed that the poll Al eee et with | forcing the dry law. declaring | sirgady on route te the border, delivered to Lansing tomorrow. Might passed with no important fighting on the French deputy coroners made littl ; ond infantry regimental offl-| “get the jurist's hide.” | the couriers reported. OFFERS MEDIATION . sie 2 -. eee catio: « eft In the first troop train, Rie Military men here said today : . ‘ front, but dispatches from British headquarters re-) | “HW. Be on Ring | | wich pulled out from Cosgrove} Seated beside a reporter for The| they credited the story from the In brief, the note is a proffer of the olive branch, ported that the British continued to improve their posi-|ered the body and tmmediately no vat [Staz tight rows back from the|rront that Pershing is planning to| Suggesting either mediation or direct negotiations for tions north of the Somme re tees nation: oh th y de-|tiansen, newly made American withdraw, but declared it would | settlement of differences between the two countries, s . The ‘man's abet D ar Yas,” said he “This is my first|/take him 30 days or more to make | It relates ico has | The Germans have shifted [detchment entered the village a 40 years, deputy coroners eat 13:20 the ”§ nd Third bat | youre of July ee ca ai iriam aecabiate PM her bt —o Mexico already accepted cee er ens (aay Te eT ateany,* |inttre "HBr rns on the Todes| zs coaetetes pchtom Satan?” Inquire the vel ie "inconirmed reort, wet| the principle of mediation in an announcsmest at Bila or finger of the left hand The men, feeling fit In the first | Porter, blundering withdrawal | | lanned, hare . Th asks the the Somme to defend the rall- Surprised From Cellar eas Termed Out rt See Hing fit in the first)" “Denmark,” «aid Christiansen, [dampened the ardor of a tremen pe he tt abi ais 8 that nited States way town of Peronne. Late in the afternoon several naaitete had —"y “to e 2 dous welcome given Indepe sain scri its view on mediation, Three Miles of Peronne hundred Germans suddenly clam-| t eh ar jover je be a=? . IM . Jans t midnight f 2,00 d : ‘ and « the frout b ir 0 ayor Gill as| But regardless of whether this! 2,000 words in length, arrived In an amazingly rapid series up from the cellars and| rom ite chain, w lite |ne arose to apea | Celebrate Fourth nation is agreeable to mediation, cable. Ambassador Arredondo ef advances the French, under rinths of underground works| 0". , sre up and on the You people were welcome when| Regulars at Fort Bliss and sev- Carranza asks if it is not possible | the city with his official staff early: Gen. Foch, have captured sev. of the village and drove the British Two hadidkerebiots fe with the|earty in th sauints k. The you landed in this country,” he be.{@Ta! thousand Massachusetts mil!-|for the two countries to get to-|today for a picnic, convinced that eral villages held by the Ger out by a surprise ettacs The hitoe 4d the ott » the | op amp Was sounded | gan Europe is all shot to pieces tiamen iat Camps Cotton ane oer. gether thru direct negotiations his chief had taken a long step to- Mans, and thrown their ad. mans still retain Thiepval, which sewed in the corners, | at 46 a The men « each |today because the people take or shing shot away no small amc unt Deriahds ‘He ithiewenl ward solving difficulties between vanced lines to within three was under a terrific bombardment | pockets. ataae wane. ak tha Geta trom the government, tnetesd |S. , Semenen ushering in the Ancdtdite to (ie Grles uneoues the countries. alll i the 75 heats of nM iatlietions are that’ the| ‘ Nib omy ea flute by me nee ‘y of the government taking orders The 4.7-inch guns overlooking El| ment from Mexican embassy | Perps-ancs !) to Secretary Loma } — rs 8 9 Inches, anc uttered to the groun from the people an ki : onnection iene or- | 8 fighting the allies have wrested = French would achieve the first) his weight at 170 nds |then a race between comp A man can run a government |5nn, at spline’ oan retat npg Bas: sive mT bg oy sarranza to ‘morrow morning, and it probe nearly 50 miles of French terri- striking success of the offens Carries Thomas’ Carde {bundle up the tents, 1 them | for a little time. 1 did, once. They | oun Ritts wills the eidlets burn fire upon United States troops, ee ear big: pero public until tory from the kaiser’s hands. movement by the c ure His . 1 onto the drab-colored wagons, that| mid I was wrong and got me ed red fire, sent up rockets, and|Carranza frankly admits that bor. that time, tho it was said it was Take Town and Lose it Peronne unless German reinforce-| In one of the pockets were | went rumbling toward the trains.|] have concluded that the 5 et off fire crackers by packs. der conditions have been a source | Possible it would be given out to» How desperate is the fighting ments check Gen. Foch’s advance.|number of cards announcing the} Mothers Silent lhcow a oot. deal more about guy s Med K Be ofecde to the. U.S. het Me night slong the British front was indi Teutons on Defensive ndidacy of Perey Thomas, for) put the mothers, and sisters) emment than I did |points out that the presence of|,,!" making the announcement, cated in a headquarters dispatch, The French forces south of the| county clerk ’ and little brothers were not in|” “fut 1 know a jurist!” he deciar-/O" his bare head American troops on Mexican soil|'®® embassy said it was pacifie today revealing for the first time Somme are fighting like demon Deputy coroners, Tuesday, 8r@/guch good spirits. They stood b: pr 1 am going to name him Att We cam because we lak peace,” | has not improved the situation and temperate and expressed the that the British actually captured /and have fought their way thru| trying to locate Thomas and have) motionless, and did not amile when| yr the police devartment haa fought | 8d Christiansen, “We don’t lak} ‘It is understood he makes no de-|Y!¢W that President Wilson, im age the strongly fortified villa of Thiep- fortified villages and German de-|him co-operate in identifying the |their “boys’” backs were turned. | 0 1)" hace Lepariment nae egal to Kill, No. But, if it comes war,/mands that the American forces cord with his announced desire |, northeast of Albert, but were fenses of the greatest strength | murdered man It has been estimated that all]. a athe. Jude re Ps t ‘ j then we fight—fight. This is my] withdraw, tho he holds as previous for peace, will surely find the way afterward driven out With Peronne in the hands of the Washington troops will be en teas Saath mise - urned | new country ly that the presence of the forces |°l@@" elther to accept mediation oF The concentrated fire of scores the French and the British exerting FATHER ON THE JOB ca" Calexico by Friday| ic onceger, who came here tran ibe csal to direct negotiation proposals, of British guns pounded to ruins powerful pressure northwest of the |night, The run by, the, apecial | Pret erEr «could defy the law jo NEED FUNDS TO AID Carranza does not refer to the | POSals Thiepval before the British ad- town, the Germans will face their |trains w be made in 72 hours. | vith a little $60 fine. , U fact that the has vastly vance began Saturday morning. gravest defensive problem since) W Forkner, an und men “I'm going ¢ rise 1 strengthened its border guard by 4 . cicane Grom “tk : a Sani vaua sa . three men to the section 1 going to criticise him til SS 0 K| S s- aalition 6 4 During Sunday's fighting a British they retired from the Marn 4214 14th E., is g ie tava, Tae to the Sees: averuber Oy andtaed Tl’ eet Mie RED CRO: WwoR ER jhe addition of militia, ithe it ts | m . week night was given 30 days ve of] ae sts: | Eight families dependent upon} ploys | Infantry Attacks Halt Over Night atvence,, He will join the colors| County Commissioner Carrigan |National Guardsmen are in ttn is eC | f pe at Calexico was the first speaker, He wel-|mediate need of assistance, Mrs or French nor the Germans made any |f@ntry attacks. : |new citizens before him and bade|committee stated to representa- | Summer {nfantry attacks along the French|,, it Das gon Pest od that the] rnieves stole worth of fire TROOP TRAIN RUNS |them go into the building after te|tives of other organizations who TROOPS TO REMAIN | ee ehnas vooty eentiag D abhar cena works from the store of 8. K. Lee ceremontes and learn how to oper-jmet in conference at the Chamber th of the Somme |recent fighting is of the greatest | MOF’ e the new vot hines of Commerce Monday afternoo} Sete ts 2 on, cnnouneed |importance, including three new| 1627 Fourth ave, Monday night | OFF TRACK IN TEXAS - ate the new voting machin f Commerce Monday afternoon ON DUTY AT BORDER These _novels-a-week, Jast night, the war office ann: They got $3 in cash, too. Mc ADK patriotic It was decided to raise funds with} which appear as regul this afternoon | German teries e song, “The ‘ pf the Free.” Chris | which the Red Cross workers may PP’ bi “North and south of the Somme| “On the Verdun front #ix German SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 4—/tiansen sat with his hat in hislaid dependent families first, and 8 TON phe features in The Star, are r od Clattacks were repulsed.” ha t were WASHINGTON Tuly 4. ~The the night was calin S WES OF 'EMAERS were repulned MORNING GAMES eral cars tes : pesed rail, abort hands, tho the sun beat down hot| mess funds later American punitive expedition sent just what you want as the ly after midnight, No one [Vita Mexico ie capture or kill days grow warmer, aed . ) Vill or to shatter his bands is . . . ured / : . Russians Break !nto Austrian Lines National League RE se hak sian ANAS « COAST ARTILI ER Y AND helng withdrawn for police duty| ‘They're. built for light, * + Seo: § : acts At New York 6, Brooklyn ina Hote at. 40000 Maxingna: aut close to the border, This was the! easy reading. PETROGRAD, July 4,—-Between five machine guns, the war office] Prideiphin at Hoston, ratt 1 [consensus of opinion here today *,| announced today ua phia a ~ _— |fearing an attack, the militia com n, Pershing continues concen. putiso and Sonkel Gen. Brusillof's|*" | hr ense battle is taging in the| At Pittsburs 0, Chicago muanitier dinbeaes UNe man fob Say | [tr aioe (hin tives; alestonelan at A few minutes a da Fight wing has broken the AusttO legion of Baronovitch, where the| Lest eassva |hostiie action until the train w lines and approaching closer to the | for. each installment, ana German resistance in heavy figbt-| Russians, after a violent bombard. lready to proceed, severa de international border, No one here d | eS oe vombard-) At Chicago 1, St, Lonin 2 Holiday pedestrians, all dressed |tillery, which make up the Second ‘ | in six installments th ing, driving the enemy westward |ment, attacked German lines, cay At Cleveland 2, Detroit 6 later up, with no place to go, stood silent- provisional battalion, filed by in| believes the punitive expedition} 4 novel.” Menta ney and capturing 1,000 prisoners and'turing 50 officers and 1,400 men.| At phildelthin 2, Boston 1 lyon the curbs and watched the|their olive drab uniforms, followed! {till bn taken entirely out of Mex: | Mondays: “ae ie ce ~ ee | At Washington 0, New York 1 | left-at-home National Guardsmen | by the First provisional battalion of| "tea to extend alone the tort - conclude THIEF UNSUCCESSFUL '" ade quietly by in celebration of naval militiamen, in blu o AP heh keg Bs BE ae ae ee the story each Saturday, Germans Reca ture Part of Town | FUNERAL OF FIRE VICTIM | Independence day, Tuesday morn-) Leaving the Armory at 10 a. m./for a distance satisfactory both to p 1 ignites, teliawhe Hidhvel dere empt was made to “Jimmy” | ing they went south on Pike place to tanta, government Aad tha Next week's novel is LONDON, J German trooy bth i in hea Hai it was of |ices Mond for ion Nevenzer, | the in Le uh 1 o bby ; There Weren't many people down, ete ’ : be ig ms ' th to entitled, “John the Foo! cially announc no Germans} | who was killed by a flying| hou 28 Jackson st onday | town verry # 1en up to Second ave It a H b have recaptured a small portion 01). 110 .Ked after the arrival of stron | a age 4 ‘ b 1 1 . lie : r was written by Charles uv attacked « o ‘ong | fragment of a projectile shot from| night, according to reports made at he pa was short and formal.jand back to Virginia st. and the Star Want Ads cover the enure : The four companies of Coast ar- Armory. | Tenny Jackson. the village of La Boiselle, east of |reinforcements, Gen, Haig reported. the dock fire Friday night police headquarters, 4 i » North west.